Registration Information and the calendar for the coming school year can be downloaded here:

Download - 2010-2011 Calendar Form

Registration Information for 2010-2011

From the Office of the Director of the IB Program, Ms. Julia Tokatlidou:

Ms. Julia Tokatlidou at IB Student Conference

It is with pride that I announce the  official IB results for the May examination session. 15.15% of our diploma students scored above 40. The highest grade was 42.

The average IB score for those who passed their diploma was 33.  From the 36 diploma students 3 were atypical students and are not considered in the statistics while only 2 students did not receive their diploma.  All of the above statistics are subject to change as 5 of our students have requested re-marking for some of their IB exams.

Our school allows many non- diploma students to register as IB certificate students in order to obtain the ACS High School Diploma. This makes the evaluation of the results for each subject with respect to the world average, important in accessing the performance of   the IB Diploma program at ACS Athens. 

In summary, our IB students scored well above the world average in 25 out of the 33 subjects offered.

Click here to view the detailed IB Subject-School Report.

It is that time again! It is summer and time to READ! Most students have begun their summer reading and assignments, but...

For adult readers...

Dr. Stefanos GialamasFrom the President’s Reading List – Dr. Gialamas suggests the following two books:

• The Servant Leader by Robert P. Neuschel
• The Fred Factor by Mark Sanborn

For those of you who may have children, who just "hate" reading, here are a few links of supportive evidence that may help convince them of the power of reading. Additionally, for the little scientists--yes--it is true, there is a possibility that reading can damage one's eyesight, but there are always books on audio!

Research on Reading: 

• The Benefit of Having Books in the Home

• Frequent Reading is Essential for ENGLISH Language acquisition vs. Greek Language Skills

• Correlations Between Bedtime and Literacy

• Let the Music Play...Music & Literacy

• Myopia and Reading

• Genetic Markers for Myopia

Audio Book Links:

• Matilda by Roald Dahl
• The Elephant's Child by Rudyard Kipling (Read by Jack Nicholson and musical renditions by Bobby McFarrin)

• Book TV - CSPAN's Book Review with Authors on Podcasts
  

Reading to children for news content:

• Triceratops is the same dinosaur as Torsaurus (July, 14th, 2010)

"Reading, or the ability to get meaning from print, is fundamental for school success for all students. It is the golden ticket that every child in this country has a right to expect."  --Dean of the Faculty of Education at The University of Western Ontario, Canada

With even more students than last year, the ACS Athens Summer Youth Camp was a great success this year!!

Students were able to learn English through interactive activities, wall climbing, miniature golf and many more fun skills and activities--all right here on the ACS Athens campus.

For a quick glimpse of the culminating summer fun, check out the last event--the Mamma Mia performance. If you would like the complete video on DVD, contact the ACS Athens Athletics Department at efstathiouv@acs.gr.

Enjoy!

ACS Athens Summer Youth Camp 2010 - Mamma Mia Performance from Valia Efstathiou on Vimeo.

We had a really fun time in 2009 and 2010!

Your PTO Board would like to thank all who volunteered.  It is because of our caring ACS family of students, staff and parents that our events were so fantastic.

We would like to give a special thanks to those who volunteered for the PTO International Spring Fair! And give a big shout out to those outside our community who helped!

To all of you that donated your time, products, financial assistance and attendance, we say...

...THANK YOU!!

Click here to view donors and the 2009-2010 Activity Report.